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<p>IQCare only saves actual data. That is, if there are blanks spaces in a clinical form, null values (a blank field) are not saved. By saving only actual data, such as numbers and characters, the IQCare database does not grow too quickly and database queries run faster.</p>
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<p>For the Lab Order form, lab test results and the associated lab test units are saved into the IQCare database. When you create a new Lab Order form for a patient, the default units you selected in the Lab Configuration are applied to the appropriate lab tests. When you enter information into the Lab Order form and save, the lab test results and the associated units for the filled in lab test are saved. Now suppose you go back to the Lab Configuration and change a unit for a lab test. If there was data saved for that lab test, then the data and the previous lab unit was saved and will display in the form. If there was no data associated with that changed lab test, and you open an already filled in lab form, the lab units will change to the new default.</p>
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<p>Example: WBC and Platelets.</p>
<p>In this example the units for WBC and Platelets are both set to 10^9 c/L. WBC has a lab test result of 30.5.</p>
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<p><img src="labunitexample1.png" width="673" height="347" alt="LabUnitExample1" style="border:none" /></p>
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<p>Now, the User moves to the Lab Configuration and changes the default units for WBC and Platelets to 10^3 cells/mcl. When the previously saved form is pulled up, the WBC result has saved correctly with 30.5 and 10^9 c/L units. The Platelets however did not have data saved and its units have changed to the new default. Because IQCare does not save blanks (nulls) when the application saves a form, IQCare will display the default unit for those fields in previously saved forms that did not have test result data entered. </p>
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<p><img src="labunitexample2.png" width="673" height="348" alt="LabUnitExample2" style="border:none" /></p>
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